NationStates Jolt Archive

What is one thing that you cannot stand? As in you see it, and you either run away screaming, or have the sudden "urg" to destroy it.

For me it is cell phones.

No seriously. I know, I'll probably need one later, but the've gotten so damn annoying. You can't walk two feet without seeing someone gabbing away. And honestly, you don't need a frickin camera on a phone, you can get a real camera that doesn't take shitty pictures.

My pet peeve is people who can't spell or use proper grammar. That's me, the Grammar Nazi.

Photo radar! :mad:

My pet peeve is people who can't spell or use proper grammar. That's me, the Grammar Nazi.

St00p1d gr4mm4r n@z1! I OWNZOR y0r @$$!

That kind of grammar usage?

Use of the terms "liberal" and "conservative". Particularly in North America. Conservativism doesn't equal facism and liberalism doesn't equal communism. Frankly, taking a basic political ideology class would be helpful for alot of "liberals" and "conservatives".

St00p1d gr4mm4r n@z1! I OWNZOR y0r @$$!

That kind of grammar usage?

Yes, especially that kind of grammar usage.

People who don't understand my posts.

Candadians. They are all fake.

Children who should be in bed.

people that have no clue how to drive on the highway...lkfds hfkjsd hladshfdhlakf jhdl...that *beeps* me off all the time...

Having to repeat myself...particularly if someone asks me a question and then does not pay enough attention to hear my response the first time.

Also, when someone's stupidity makes something much harder and take much longer than it should have to.

Use of the terms "liberal" and "conservative". Particularly in North America. Conservativism doesn't equal facism and liberalism doesn't equal communism. Frankly, taking a basic political ideology class would be helpful for alot of "liberals" and "conservatives".

Yes, I totally agree! Thank you!

Children who should be in bed.

Are you insinuating something? I don't HAVE a bedtime thank you very much!

people who mispronounce 'nuclear' as 'nuke-yuler.'

people who mispronounce 'nuclear' as 'nuke-yuler.'

Jimmy Carter pronounced it "nookier"! :p

Jimmy Carter pronounced it "nookier"! :pI think I just died a little on the inside....

Children who should be in bed.

More to the point, snip off the last 5 words of that statment.

It might be easier for me to list the things I can tolerate these days...

people who mispronounce 'nuclear' as 'nuke-yuler.'

It IS nukyalur. The 'S' is silent.

For me, it's parents who don't keep tabs on their children in public, parents who get divorced and use their kids as pawns in their own ego and financial war (deep breath...not bitter...) and especially idiot customers who call tech support and don't listen to what we ask them to do...which we ask them to do for a REASON...and people who can't spell the name of the company providing their service...and then people who call tech support and make us talk to their 10-year-olds (I FIRMLY believe we should give them ONE chance to get an adult on the phone before we hang up on them)...and, of course, stupid customers in general, like the guy I had today who didn't know what capital letters were...I would kill him if he were less funny.

people who enjoy wearing shirts with cheeky slogans on them, like "my other t-shirt is vintage."

people who show up to class in jammies and then complain about having to find quarters for laundry.

i think what really sums it up is freshmen. i hate university freshmen with a passion. i want to punch them in the face so they'll shut the fuck up 99.9999% of the time.


yeah.

More to the point, snip off the last 5 words of that statment.

And add "of Beer".

Kidding!

And add "of Beer".

Kidding!

ah nuts. guess i walked into that one :headbang:

I think my biggest pet peeve is probably people who go out of their way to piss me off. This happens a lot more often than I even like to admit. I have lots of moments in my life where, after careful consideration after the fact, I regretfully decide "Crap. I should've smacked the bitch".

Too peaceful in person, too abrasive on the phone. No happy in-between.

How about excessively negative people.

My pet peeve is people who can't spell...

People like you. Nothing personal! I have dyslexia and I can not spell very well at all. So people like you, who jump to the thinking of “if you can not spell than you are not intelligent enough to have a discussion with me,” really piss me off! Not actually saying that you are that bad, but I have met people like that. I don’t like them.

People who use the word "legos"

EDIT: I suppose I should add to this before someone calls me a grammer nazi. I'm not, far from it. I probably make more mistakes then anyone. In fact I'm sure there are some in this very message. But for some reason the word "Legos" just pisses me off. Lego is the plural, a lego block is the singular version. I mean even on trivia games I have seen the word "legos" used.

Which btw if you go to www.legos.com you will see Lego set up a polite way of telling you how wrong you are. Similar to those interac commercials (without the T). And oddly enough this is a pet peeve that comes up enough in conversations (I'm 22 by the way) that I have to grit my teeth and correct people.. or slap them.. It's just one of those things

I can't stand it when people misuse the phrase "beg the question".
In case you didn't know, the phrase is not usually followed by a question. To "beg the question" is a logical fallacy.
:sniper:

Since NS is based in politics, I'll give a political one: extremists of any sort. Anyone who goes on a rant against others who hold ideals different from their own, refusing to listen and possibly integrate ideas and grow as a person. Black and white thinking sorts of people.
And stupid people.
My sister put it this way, which is a little depressing, "When you're in the top 2% of humanity for levels of intelligent, that doesn't give you very good odds of talking to someone on your level." :P

People like you. Nothing personal! I have dyslexia and I can not spell very well at all. So people like you, who jump to the thinking of “if you can not spell than you are not intelligent enough to have a discussion with me,” really piss me off! Not actually saying that you are that bad, but I have met people like that. I don’t like them.

...people that use dyslexia as an excuse for bad spelling.

Obviously you're not one of them, as your post was perfectly readable, but so many times I've made a comment to someone who was writing utter nonsense, only to be told "wat r u tallking bout??!!!" and that I'm a grammar nazi. Not true, we have correct spelling and grammar for a very good reason.

And before anyone brings dyslexia into the debate, I'd like to point out that I'm dyslexic too, and while I accept that there are some people who just cannot spell correctly, there are many spellcheckers available. Assuming you can't learn to spell correctly with the proper application of care and effort.

For me, it's either Christians or that Energizer bunny, for the same reasons.

They are both ANNOYING as hell.

May they burn in the lake of fire forever.

Bad drivers...

I hate the insinuation that younger drivers are more dangerous than other drivers. While that may be the case in general, I am 22, have had my license for almost seven years, and have NEVER been in an accident.

I have AVOIDED accidents that I might have gotten into were I not a better driver. Middle-aged women on cell phones not checking their blind-spot before changing lanes...old men too short to see over the dash who fail to signal before turning left into oncoming traffic....drunken idiots who insist on speeding during a snowstorm...

I can't even count how many times that an accident was avoided only because I was paying attention, following traffic laws, and responded quickly enough to avoid a collision...but I know its at least two dozen, and that's just in the past couple of years.

Oh, and my absolute favorite, and it happened to me TWICE today...people who don't use the damn center turn-lane to make a goddamn left turn!!! It's there so you don't have to block my path you idiots! They spent a year and millions of dollars widening the damn street to add that turn-lane. Fucking use it!!!

I am also of the opinion (which may or may not be backed up by statistical fact) that, based on percentage of population, old people are a far greater hazard on the road than young people. Young people have to jump through all sorts of hoops just to get a temps, never mind an actual license. An old person just has to pass an eye test to get their license renewed for the next X amount of years...

I say re-test old people every other year...full test, eye, written and road. If you fail, you can try again in two years. If you fail twice in a row, your done...no more driving for you.

...sorry for the rant, but this is a thread about pet peeves. :)

...people that use dyslexia as an excuse for bad spelling. Ouch, low blow.

Obviously you're not one of them, as your post was perfectly readable, but so many times I've made a comment to someone who was writing utter nonsense, only to be told "wat r u tallking bout??!!!"
Agreed!

And before anyone brings dyslexia into the debate,...
Um...too late.

I'd like to point out that I'm dyslexic too, and while I accept that there are some people who just cannot spell correctly, there are many spellcheckers available. Assuming you can't learn to spell correctly with the proper application of care and effort.

We appear to be fairly close in belief. Hmm, I no longer “don’t like you.”

ima go with horrible drivers....the really bad ones, cuz to say just bad drivers would probably include myself, and we cant have that.

but seriously, its the people out ther turning right across 2 lanes of traffic from a left turn lane (ive seen that at least 2x) that bug me....and the people that drive really slow....i like to drive fast, and im good enough that that has only caused 1 accident, which was also partly due to the fact that my brakes werent as good as the guy in front of me's....the slow drivers are especially annoying when there are 2 of them next to each other, amking it impossible to pass them.....i just hate it

For anyone whos worked as a groccer, you might understand this.

The store where I work closes at 10pm. Honestly, that gives people PLENTY of time to get what they need. But, there's always some shmuck who shows up at 9:50 with a big-ass order, then asks for it in paper.

No...you'll have it in plastic and you'll LIKE it!

People who dont wash their hands after going toilet.

:D My pet peeve is when people make posts asking me what my pet peeve is.

People who claim that they are and put great stock in the fact that they are an 'individual', while in reality, are the same 'individual' as all the rest.

Pet peeve.

Folks who insist on one-upping any story that might be told in a group. As in when one person says they were accidentally shot in the leg by their brother when they were in third grade and the "one-upper" immediately has to share how he was shot in the head while on safari in Nebraska or some such bunk.

Pet peeve #2.

The whole assumption that just because the Supreme Court made a decision (that a majority of the country may now think was incorrect), it is imperative that the decision must stand and any potential justice that might think change is needed should not be approved by the senate.

Candadians. They are all fake.
The Term is Canadian,C-A-N-A-D-I-A-N. The only fake Canadian that i know of is Pamela Anderson and then, only her boobs. I guess you've figured out my pet peeve.

The Term is Canadian,C-A-N-A-D-I-A-N. The only fake Canadian that i know of is Pamela Anderson and then, only her boobs. I guess you've figured out my pet peeve.


Pamela Anderson's boobs?

My pet peeve was run over by a car. :(

My pet peeve was run over by a car. :(
Bastards! :mp5:

My pet peeve - how exams always, ALWAYS end up piling up at the same time. Isn't there SOME way they can spread the darn things out?

Oh, and same thing goes for assignments.

For the record, I've just had my third out of five for the end of this term, and I can tell you that I absolutely bombed it... :(

That's not normal for me.

...are nearly housebroken.

I hate cats.

I hate people who have cats and don't take care of them.

I hate it when people leave doors open on cabinets.

I hate it when people don't pick their hair out of the drain after a shower.

I hate people who don't flush.

I hate packrats.

I hate it when people cry.

My pet peeve........being treated like dirt for refusing to stand to the star spangled banner whenever I'm in the US. Im British, its NOT MY ANTHEM!!!

Ok mark of respect and all that, but why is it never reciprocated? I've NEVER seen any foriegners standing for God Save the Queen and I wouldn't expect them to. So to all brainless Americans (not all americans, just the brainless ones) try to realise that there is more than one nation in the world.

My biggest pet peeve is how many people actually think that we live in capitalist states. People probably are sick of hearing my rants and ravings about how modern economics have perverted capitalism.

"Pet peeve," eh? Hmmm.

I hate pedophiles and regard them as an abomination. I intensely dislike anyone who abuses someone weaker than themselves. I have a real problem with those who know so much better than me how my life should be run.

Is that the sort of thing you mean? :)

"Pet peeve," eh? Hmmm.

I hate pedophiles and regard them as an abomination. I intensely dislike anyone who abuses someone weaker than themselves. I have a real problem with those who know so much better than me how my life should be run.

Is that the sort of thing you mean? :)

Thats not a pet peeve, just right-minded thinking.

A small list:

1) Lying.

2) Children.

3) People who, by acting, cause life to be more difficult than it would've been had they done nothing.

4) ppl who dont use ne punctuation grammar or proper english when there using an electronic device because suddenly doesnt matter despite them being quite capable of doing so the rest of the time l8r m8

Argh. I sincerely apologise to anybody else who suffers when they see the previous paragraph.

People who are habitually late just tick me off to no end.

the french nuff said

1: People who go "God Bless America" or "I'm proud to live in USA where we believe in freedom" at any given chance. (As if there is a dictatorship in every other country in the world, and God created USA as more equal than the other equal nations of the world. Pseudo-superiority, anyone? No wonder nobody else likes them...)

2: People (particularly adults) who have no clue about spelling whatsoever.

Examples:
-Wat r u up to today?
-It's there job to do it (it's where job??)
-For it's own sake & Its a good thing (i wonder what makes it so hard to use an apostrophe properly)
-Are you OK? Ye! ("burn in hell, you damn 's'!!!"...)

After seeing the same spelling error for the 842th time the same day, one contemplates whether to get a gun and shoot the screen. Then of course comes the realisation that this would be a blow to my pacifist ideals, and a waste of prefectly good PC nonetheless...

3: CCTV Cameras, and those who use the argument "if you are a good citizen you have nothing to fear from being filmed" to justify this brutal invasion of our everyday lives. Makes me want to pick up a camera and follow them around 24 hours a day, wherever they go, "in the interests of public safety", and capture their reactions on film. Now that would be priceless...

And finally:

People who are habitually late just tick me off to no end.

4. People with no patience just tick me off to no end. What difference do a few minutes make anyway?

Text speak, Text speak, Text speak!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

It takes 5x longer to actually decifer what it is you were trying to say! AAGH!

For anyone whos worked as a groccer, you might understand this.

The store where I work closes at 10pm. Honestly, that gives people PLENTY of time to get what they need. But, there's always some shmuck who shows up at 9:50 with a big-ass order, then asks for it in paper.

No...you'll have it in plastic and you'll LIKE it!

Amen to that! I worked as a bagger for 3 years in high school. I had this one gay old guy that always seemed to be in my lante. Not only did he want it in paper, he wanted the bags to be light. Super light. As in 1 forzen pizza per paper bag light. It probably took a whole god damn oak tree just for HIS bags.

Oh, and I hated the little kids that parents put insode the cart basket, and refuse to take them out. I had to pack around the kids. Fun Fun Fun!

:D My pet peeve is when people make posts asking me what my pet peeve is.
I guess you thought that was very clever and funny. Pity.

People who think that because I work in a charity shop they can talk down to me, because it obviously means that I'm a nice person and I'll take that kind of shit. Well, I won't.
People who think that vegetarian = moron. No, it's an ethical choice that you can fucking live with. Is it actually lowering the standard of your life? Nope. Is it putting you out in any way whatsoever? Nope. So shut the hell up and let me live my life.
Also, people who think young driver = bad driver. I passed my test two years ago, and, as yet, have not had an accident. I know several people who have been driving for over 10 years each and have had several accidents each in the time I've been driving, and yet they still think they're better drivers than me! Grrrrrr!!

1) Parrents who can't control there kids

2) Double negatives

3) "High Class" Literature: Dude, I don't care about the Oak tree symbolises, make it easy for me to read. IMHO good literature is that where the ideas just flow from author to reader without the reader even realize he's reading after a while. (I am dsylexic so that might have something to do with my prefference for clear writing)

Reverse Racism

Popping bubble gum

People asking me what I'm doing, when I'm right in front of them doing it

Incessant sniffling

Hackneyed proverbs and idiotic phrases, such as: sorry, but/I'm a child at heart/takes one to know one/grass is always greener on the other side/embrace diversity/strangers are just friends waiting to happen/you're never fully dressed without a smile/that's just your opinion/it may or may not be/save a tree and send an email

CAPSLOCK

Loudmouthed, bitchy women who suddenly flip out and try to turn trivial matters into power struggles, using "Bitch on Board" stickers and wearing "Warning: I'm a bitch" tshirts

X-treme marketing

Attention whores

Black guy/white guy comedies

Grammar nazis

Fanta commercials

The Orbitz commercial that advises everyone to "don't think!"

People who drown themselves and everyone around them in perfume, saturating the room with their vile stench

Bitter old hags who think they're superior

Arrogant, uninteresting, self-proclaimed intellectuals who are really just bullshitters and pseudo-assholes

Drugs that have worse side effects than the problems they solve

Strangers who feel the need to initiate conversations and fill them with pointless small talk

Greetings such as: hi, what's up?/hey, how's it going?/are you having a good day?/anything new?, when they already know the answer. I don't fucking know you, get away from me. Quit spewing bullshit in a half-assed attempt at politeness but not really caring.

Children.

So-called 'text speak'.

Poor use of grammar, especially double negatives.

Poor use of punctuation, especially putting redundant apostrophes in terms suchs as DVDs and 1980s.

Ninjas.

God damn you, Ninjas! You killed my father!

People who repeatedly scrape their knives and forks across their plates.

People who spit because they "have too much saliva in [their] mouth"; swallow, damn you! (No jokes please :p )

Adverts for loans, insurance, mortages, credit cards.... actually I dislike adverts in general but financially based ones especially.

Arrogance. I know it's a trait which most people dislike but it's one that really really annoys me.

(The above two were combined in that advert about hair loss with Shane Warne that played during the cricket. I could quite easily have punched him.)

People who judge and criticise people with depression/ suicidal thinking.

Ringtones. The Crazy Frog comes to mind.

School. (I hate predictive grades. I hate how they say that each year is the most important year. I hate how teachers that are pure evil are incredibly friendly to parents. I hate how teachers moan about what an awful year you are and then boast about how fantastic you are to parents. I hate the fact that you are not allowed to question anything teachers say and must do what they say/take their punishment without any hesitation, however unfair.)

People who can't admit when they're wrong.

People always being right.

I could go on for quite a while...

People who sing off-key.

People who don't know their own phone # and address (when they call for a pizza), nor what they want to eat. We're busy damn it, so figure out all that stuff BEFORE you freaking call!!!!!

I'm done.

And I'm late for class.

Not habitually. ;)

Kids who come to my pool and don't do anything and just stand around in the water for hours on end.

Parents who bitch about everything about the pool prices-hours

Pool parties who spend two-three extra hours at the pool.

Kids at school.

Conservatives

People who repeatedly scrape their knives and forks across their plates.
if they keep doing it then yeah i'd count that as a pet peeve :mad:

People who spit because they "have too much saliva in [their] mouth"; swallow, damn you! (No jokes please :p )
*resists the urge for a dirty joke*
*but agrees - its gross*

Arrogance. I know it's a trait which most people dislike but it's one that really really annoys me.

People who judge and criticise people with depression/ suicidal thinking.

People who can't admit when they're wrong.

People always being right.

yep absolutley, yeah, totally (i used to know a kid who drove me up the wall doing that), and yeah


and now to add my own:
1) people who derive some kind of joy or cheap laughs out of making fun out of other people... at the expense of that other person. there's a fine line between joking about stuff and mildly taking the piss out of your mate and actually insulting them, and too often people seem to cross this line without reaising it. it annoys me :mad:

2) people who eat with their mouths open, or who just chew noisily. there's just something about it that makes me want to rip their fuckin jaws off! :mad:
(but i'm not crazy, honest...)

What is one thing that you cannot stand? As in you see it, and you either run away screaming, or have the sudden "urg" to destroy it.


Does "All Human Life on Earth" count?

(OK, Caviat - "All random, moronic, irrational, unthinking Human Life".... that should leave around .001% for the Gene Pool...)

Prattle

Since, I grew up in Alberta my Pet Peeves are:

The Liberal Party of Canada (Grrrr)

The Province of Quebec (Obvious Reasons)

The Gun Registry (Basically a black hole of Gov't Money)